Nearly three weeks after the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooting left 17 people dead in Parkland, Florida, the state’s Senate has rejected a proposal to ban assault weapons, including the AR-15 used in the massacre.The amendment that would have instituted a ban on assault weapons in the Sunshine State failed in a largely party-line vote, according to Reuters. Despite two Republicans joining their Ddemocratic colleagues, the 20-17 vote closed the door on the proposed ban, at least for now. Another amendment proposing the training and arming of school teachers was also struck down in the voting. The weapons-ban amendment was a part of a larger bill, known as the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School Public Safety Act. That is expected to pass the Senate during a vote on Monday before moving to the Florida House of Representatives. The bill proposes changing the minimum age to purchase a rifle or shotgun from 18 to 21. It also bans the usage of bump stocks, a device used to turn semi-automatic weapons into fully automatic weapons. Bump stocks were used in the Oct. 1 Las Vegas massacre that left 58 people dead.

Nearly three weeks after the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooting left 17 people dead in Parkland, Florida, the state’s Senate has rejected a proposal to ban assault weapons, including the AR-15 used in the massacre.

The amendment that would have instituted a ban on assault weapons in the Sunshine State failed in a largely party-line vote, according to Reuters. Despite two Republicans joining their Ddemocratic colleagues, the 20-17 vote closed the door on the proposed ban, at least for now.

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Another amendment proposing the training and arming of school teachers was also struck down in the voting.

The weapons-ban amendment was a part of a larger bill, known as the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School Public Safety Act. That is expected to pass the Senate during a vote on Monday before moving to the Florida House of Representatives.

The bill proposes changing the minimum age to purchase a rifle or shotgun from 18 to 21. It also bans the usage of bump stocks, a device used to turn semi-automatic weapons into fully automatic weapons. Bump stocks were used in the Oct. 1 Las Vegas massacre that left 58 people dead.